Eaton
At a Glance
Industry
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing
Project Types
Clean and Renewable Energy, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Year
2010
Location
Cleveland, OH
Annual kWh Savings:
9,300,000 kWh
Annual CO2 Reductions:
5,300 metric tons
Summary
Judd Eder aligned with Eaton's internal energy and greenhouse gas reduction strategy to make the business case for numerous projects, processes and benchmarking tools.
Goals
Judd Eder spent the summer of 2010 as an EDF Climate Corps fellow at Eaton Corporation, a $13.7 billion global power management company with a 100-year heritage of innovation headquartered in Cleveland. An MBA student at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Judd worked with Eaton's Global Supply Chain management, many other Eaton departments, and preferred supplier base to further Eaton's commitment to energy efficiency.
Solutions
Equipped with his engineering and management knowledge, Eder aligned with Eaton's internal energy and greenhouse gas reduction strategy to make the business case for numerous projects, processes and benchmarking tools. Eder worked with Eaton's Global Supply Chain team; Environmental, Health, and Safety; Operations Excellence; Eaton Electrical Services and Solutions business; members of the electrical and industrial sector operations groups, and preferred supplier base to generate project scopes and schedules for HVAC, lighting, energy generation and other unique energy solutions in facilities across the globe.
One example is an air circulation improvement in an Eaton North Carolina vehicle group plant that projects annual HVAC electricity reduction of 2.5 million kWh. Another example is a strategic rollout of lighting optimization resources over fifteen electrical sector facilities that could potentially reduce electricity usage by over five million kWh.
Potential Impact
The project packages compiled by Eder identified significant utility cost savings, 9.3 million kWh of electricity, and 5,300 metric tons of CO2 emissions on a yearly basis.
Eaton proved its commitment to energy efficiency and delivered on Judd's recommendations: it has made progress on optimizing lighting and HVAC in a variety of North American facilities and explored the potential for green energy generation and storage technologies. Eder highlighted the importance of developing and implementing a higher-level energy strategy, and positioning individual energy efficiency projects within that strategy. This approach lets large companies prioritize projects, create a process for implementing and evaluating them, and share the knowledge gained from each project across the broader enterprise.